#DEC28C#DEC28C

#DEC28C is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.077 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC28C
RGB	rgb(222, 194, 140)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(40, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 36.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.62, 2.35, 30.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.62, 30.93, 85.64°)
OKLab	oklab(82.52% 0.0088 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(82.52% 0.077 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.1508, 56.0087, 32.7642)
Luminance	0.5601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC28C #8CA8DE

analogous

#DE998C #DEC28C #D1DE8C

triadic

#DEC28C #8CDEC2 #C28CDE

tetradic

#DEC28C #8CDE99 #8CA8DE #DE8CD1

square

#DEC28C #8CDE99 #8CA8DE #DE8CD1

split-complementary

#DEC28C #8CD1DE #998CDE

monochromatic

#BA8D35 #D0A95C #DEC28C #ECDBBC #F8F2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DEC28C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#DEC28C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC28C

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC28C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC28C	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC188

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C88E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec28c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 194, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.077 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d4ae',
    500: '#dec28c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec28c;
$custom-light: #e9d4ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec28c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.512,
    "s": 55.405,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82524,
    "c": 0.0772,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC28C

secondary

#5978B6

accent

#59C323

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC28C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →